Flower-obsessed beauty shop owner spends 500,000 on flowers a year, fulfilling her dream with over 100 kinds of plants

In life so far, she envies only two things: other people's gardens are bigger than hers, and their flowers are more numerous than hers.

She is Jiemao, a girl from the grasslands of Qinghai. After graduating from university, she was unwilling to take a proper job, and traveled everywhere with a backpack on her back, once losing herself at a bus stop in Xidan.

While drifting around, she, a girl from the grasslands, suddenly thought: why not open a distinctive guesthouse herself?

Her first shop began with choosing a location.

She wanted to be somewhat close to famous scenic spots and historic sites,

so she set her sights within the Second Ring Road.

She swept through every hutong and small alley, street by street,

crossing off a mark on the map after checking each hutong,

unwilling to miss any beautiful little courtyard that could be renovated.

Jiemao spent eight months running through the big and small hutongs of Beijing,

took a fancy to a courtyard house with a hundred years of history,

and finally signed for a shopthat could hold her dream.

Many people said, "Jiemao, you've got some nerve,

signing with the landlord when you had no money."

At that time, the money they had on hand was only enough to pay one or two months' rent,

let alone renovation. Fortunately, she had a group of friends and family who supported her.

In the end, they scraped together about 500,000,

as the first sum of capital for opening the shop.

When she first got the courtyard, it was all concrete ground,

not even a single blade of grass.

The whole courtyard was not very big either,

so Jiemao thought of using plants to extend the whole courtyard,

making the courtyard look full of layering.

At the same time, she brought all kinds of flowers she liked

onto the terrace,

and on this 200 sq m terrace,

looking up, you can gaze at the azure sky and brilliant stars.

Looking into the distance, you can see the Tiananmen Gate Tower,

feeling the charm in the high sky and light clouds and the loveliness in the rosy clouds.

In the early days of the shop, the guest room income of the hostel was not enough to cover the rent,

so Jiemao converted the first-floor lobby of the hostel into a cafe,

learned to make coffee herself,

standing every day from seven in the morning until eleven at night,

and after the cafe closed, she still had to clean up,

trim flowers and leaves, busying herself until three or four in the deep night.

Whenever the night was quiet and she was alone with the flowers,

it was the happiest moment of the day,

able to avoid everyone and think about nothing,

only trimming the flowers to make them even more beautiful.

Having grown up on the grasslands since childhood, she likes pink the most,

and does not mix other colors into it.

When the shop first opened, it was all pink flowers,

and now every spring the pink flowers on the terrace are the first to bloom.

Ten years later, the once penniless and brave girl

has now opened 5 shops.

Every week she still spends a day tending the plants at each shop.

The moment she walks in the door,

she can immediately tell which one is still doing well,

which one lacks water, is sick, or has bugs,

and she does not even have time to take a sip of water

before she cannot wait to start trimming and tending them.

Sometimes, she gets up early at 5,

just so she can buy the freshest flowers.

At the same time, she is also someone who cherishes flowers,

and she turns almost all the flowers in the shop that are suitable for dried flowers

into dried flowers, preserving them.

The leaves trimmed off in daily life are also composted,

used to grow flowers, trying not to waste them.

Even if she is sometimes very tired,

the moment she pushes open the door, all emotions

turn into petals with the warmth that rushes at her face,

gently scattering all over the ground.

The lobby and courtyard are covered with all kinds of green plants,

just like a lush indoor forest,

while the terrace is cleverly

made into a dreamy garden.

The exquisite life with hidden wonders inside the courtyard house

is perfectly interpreted in such a devoted and natural way:

watch the many flowers in spring, seek coolness in summer, listen to falling leaves in autumn, admire white snow in winter,

each of the four seasons has its own flavor.

The transparent, crystal-clear glass conservatory is filled with warm and gentle sunlight,

sitting on the tatami to enjoy flowers and tea and bathe in the sunlight

makes people involuntarily relax completely in body and mind.

Jiemao, with her magical hands,

diligently and attentively creates one beautiful garden after another,

and the most beautiful one of all lives in her heart.

For Jiemao, from January to December,

every day and every detail of life is so beautiful.

If you are willing, you too can be like Jiemao,

on an autumn afternoon, wearing a cotton-linen floral dress,

tidying the garden on the terrace, looking up at the sky from time to time,

feeling as if you can reach out and pick big, big cotton candy,

letting your body and mind dance with the flowers.